by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Introduction to the Haftarah—Rosh Hashanna Treasure Cohen—Sept. 5, 2013/ 5774 Shana Tova! Today is a powerful day in our Jewish holiday cycle– the birth of a new year for our people and an opportunity for re-birth in our personal lives. So it is not...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Around 1850, Schopenhauer pronounced noise to be the supreme archenemy of any serious thinker. His argument against noise was simple: A great mind can have great thoughts only if all its powers of concentration are brought to bear on one subject, in the same way that...
by blogmaster | Sep 10, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Today we are commanded to hear the sound of the shofar. This commandment first appears in Leviticus 23:24-25. It says: “In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be a Sabbath for you, a remembrance of the shofar blast; a holy occasion.” In the next...
by blogmaster | Sep 8, 2013 | Divrei Torah, Holidays
Some friends have come to me in recent years saying (in one version or another), “I tried my best. I raised my child with the best Jewish education I could afford. But my child went out into the world, fell in love with whoever he-or-she fell in love with, and being...